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Title: Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Archaeological Institute of America American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Subjects: Classical antiquities -- Periodicals Archaeology -- Periodicals Greece -- Antiquities Periodicals
Publisher: Boston : Cupples, Upham and Co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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2.—Lower surface of roof of Chorerjic Monument, has spread somewhat, and one of the blocks in the lowast course hasbeen broken, allowing its fellows to slide in toward the centre. Agroove in the upper stones of the substructure shows the original posi-tion of the lowest course. In the second course, as now existino;, all theblocks are of different heights. One block, now in the interior, appearsto have been originally an end piece, as is shown by the projecting ver-tical band at the end, so that not more than one block of this course can 56 ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS IN IKARIA. be in situ. Behind the apse, an architrave with an inscription hadlong been exposed to view, and, dnring the first few days of our exca-vations, there were found two large slabs fitting together and form-ing a semicircular roof, and also seven blocks similar to those in theapse. As the roof-pieces afford the surest basis for a reconstruction of themonument, both lower and upper sides are shown in Figures 1, 2. The
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Fig. 3.—Choregic Monument restored. under side, which is worked smooth, is surrounded by a shallow channel,0.10 m. wide and 0.015 m, deep, the edges of which are carefully bev-eled. This channel undoubtedly overlapped the walls at the sides andthe architrave in front, the overlapping portion forming a simple cor-nice. Taking the measurements inside the channel as representing ac-curately the dimensions of the original walls, we will compare them withthose taken from the other pieces. The length of the interior arc ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS IN IKAIUA. bl is 4.83 111. The present interior length uf the first course, the heightof which is ().<S2 ni., is 4.74 ni., leaving 0.09 m., which is accountedfor by the end blocks on both sides being broken. The height of the twoblocks which supported the architrave is 0.63-3 m., and, taking theother two stones that have the same lieight as also belonging to theupper course, we obtain a length of 4.82 ni. The blocks are roughlycut, so that u diifer

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